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Providing a summary of injury prevention evidence together in one location, the Evidence Bank aims to increase the awareness of reliable, accurate and authoritative injury-related research pieces.

Utilising the menu below you are able to search the Evidence Bank by injury topics, keywords and primary target audience. Please note that the primary target audience refers to the segmented group which the evidence is aiming to have the greatest influence on.

If you would like a piece of evidence added to the Bank, please click here.

Search the Evidence Bank

YearInjury topic/sPrimary target audienceReference
2022Burns and Scalds, Drowning, Falls, Poisoning, Transport, ViolenceEarly Years (0 – 8 years), Middle Years (9 – 14 years)

Posa, I., Pawlowski, A. & Skarin, D. Kidsafe WA Childhood Injury Bulletin: Annual Report 2020-21. https://www.kidsafewa.com.au/professionals/wa-childhood-injury-bulletins-reports/ (2021).

2022Alcohol-related harmWhole Community

Whetton, S. et al. Examining the Social and Economic Costs of Alcohol Use in Australia: 2017/18. https://ndri.curtin.edu.au/ndri/media/documents/publications/T302.pdf (2021).

2022ViolenceOlder Adults (65 years and over)

Qu, L. et al. National Elder Abuse Prevalence Study: Final Report. (Research Report). (2021). Available from: https://aifs.gov.au/publications/national-elder-abuse-prevalence-study-final-report

2022Burns and ScaldsWhole Community

Injury in Australia: Thermal causes 2018-2019. Australian Institute of Health and Welfare https://www.aihw.gov.au/reports/injury/thermal-causes (2021).

2022Burns and Scalds, Drowning, Falls, Intentional self-harm, Poisoning, Transport, ViolenceWhole Community

Australian Institute Of Health And Welfare. Hospitalised injury cases by external cause, Australia, 2018-2019. Australian Institute of Health and Welfare https://www.aihw.gov.au/reports/injcat/213-1/injury-in-australia/data (2021).

2021Burns and Scalds, Drowning, Falls, Intentional self-harm, Poisoning, TransportEarly Years (0 – 8 years), Middle Years (9 – 14 years), Young People (15 – 25 years)

Posa, I., Pawlowski, A. & Skarin, D. Kidsafe WA Childhood Injury Bulletin: Annual Report 2020-21. https://www.kidsafewa.com.au/professionals/wa-childhood-injury-bulletins-reports/ (2021).

2021FallsHealth Professionals
Tiedemann, A. et al. Impact of a fall prevention education program for health and exercise professionals: a randomised controlled trial. Public Health Res Pract. 31, (2021). Access from:https://www.phrp.com.au/issues/september-2021-volume-31-issue-3/impact-of-a-fall-prevention-education-program/
2021Burns and ScaldsWhole Community
Singer, Y. et al. “The home, the bathroom, the taps, and hot water”: The contextual characteristics of tap water scalds in Australia and New Zealand. Burns (2021) doi:10.1016/j.burns.2021.08.022. Access from: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0305417921002436
2021Burns and ScaldsWhole Community
AIHW. Injury in Australia: Burns and other thermal causes. Australian Institute of Health and Welfare. https://www.aihw.gov.au/reports/injury/burns-and-other-thermal-causes (2021).
2021Intentional self-harmAboriginal Communities
Wright, M., Lin, A., O’Connell, M., Bullen, J. & Flavell, H. Understanding and working with different worldviews to co-design cultural security in clinical mental health settings to engage with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander clients. Prim Health Care Res Dev 22, e59 (2021). Access from: https://www.cambridge.org.au

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